East End
Justin David: He’s Done Ever So Well For Himself
As part of QUEERGURU’S quest researching the hotbed of queer East London, we came across Justin David as he was just launching his debut novel with a title we would have loved for our own memoir HE’S DONE EVER SO WELL FOR HIMSELF. A self-proclaimed working-class queer writer Justin is also a photographer, publisher and full-time teacher. He’s…
Joseph Wilson’s East End
We are constantly surprised at the sheer beauty of the videos made by edgy queer filmmaker Joseph Wilson. An East End boy and an habitué of Sink The Pink because ‘drag is my ecstasy’ even when Wilson undertakes commercial projects like this promotional video for Welcome Eyewear, he still blows our minds away. Check out the rest of his work at http://www.josephwilsonfilms.co.uk/ and…
Martin Vintner-Jackson Renaissance Man
Renaissance man MARTIN VINTNER-JACKSON shared his passion with queerguru about Lucha Britannia, Lucha Libre Wrestling & Cabaret Siniestro Show & A.S.S just two of the projects in which he invests his creative genius. The interview was filmed for www.queergurutv.com in East Central Studios, Hoxton by Sandy MacLennan & #DebbieSears Portrait by Debbie Sears and Cover photo by #AlistairVeryard
DAY 2 of exploring QUEER EAST LONDON
Finally a face to face with filmmaker and Sink The Pink aficionado the lovely Joseph Wilson, then off to BFI Flare to interview David Hoyle who we think is still ‘Divine’, and finally meeting the multi-talented Lyall Hakaraia at VFD one of the best queer spaces in the East End. Whilst all those interviews are being edited, here’s a wee trailer of Lyall, resplendent in #Halson & #Chanel,…
